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A- "rw United States Patent C 3,020,553 SAWYERS APRON Gertrude L. Hyde, Rte. 2, St. Helen, Mich. Filed Sept. 9, 1960, Ser. No. 54,883 3 Claims. (Cl. 2,-52)

This invention relates to a novel apron intended to be worn by persons engaged in sawing logs to protect the clothing of the sawyer from moisture, stains and excessive wear. Y

A right-handed sawyer usually places his right hip against the log and a left-handed sawyer places his left hip against the log while sawing. Back and forth swaying movement of the body, in the sawing operation, causes excessive wear on the clothing In addition, the clothing usually becomes wet from moisture in the logs and is stained and otherwise disfgured vby contact with the logs.

Accordingly, it is a primary object of the present invention to provide an apron of unique construction which will protect the garments of the user from excessive wear as well as from moisture, stains and dirt, due to contact with logs, and which is so constructed that the apron will not interfere with normal movement of the legs while walking.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a sawyers apron of novel construction which may be adjustably positioned to engage over either the right hip or left hip for use by either right-handed or left-handed sawyers, respectively.

Still another object of the invention is to provide an apron which is adjustably and detachably supported on a waist encircling band enabling the apron body to be replaced, when necessary, without replacing the waistband.

Various other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter become more fully apparent from the following description of the drawing, illustrating a presently preferred embodiment thereof, and wherein:

FIGURE l is a top plan view showing the apron extended;

FIGURE 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIGURE 3 is an enlarged fragmentary longitudinal sectional View, taken substantially along a plane as indicated by the line 3-3 of FIGURE 2;

FIGURE 4 is an enlarged cross sectional view through a portion of the apron, taken substantially along a plane as indicated by the line 4 4 of FIGURE 2 and showing the apron parts separated;

FIGURE 5 is an enlarged cross sectional view, taken substantially along a plane as indicated by the line 5-5 of FIGURE 2;

FIGURE 6 is an enlarged fragmentary longitudinal sectional view taken substantially along a plane as indicated by the line 6-6 of FIGURE 2;

FIGURE 7 is a front elevational view showing the apron in an applied position for use by a left-handed sawyer, and

FIGURE 8 is a side elevational View thereof, looking from right to left of FIGURE 7.

Referring more specifically to the drawing, the apron in its entirety is designated generally 10 and comprises an apron body, designated generally 11, and a waistband, designated generally 12, for detachably and adjustably supporting the apron body 11.

The waistband 12 includes an intermediate section 13 and corresponding end sections or ties 14 and 15, each of which is preferably formed of an elongated piece of heavy denim or lightweight canvas material. The piece or strip 16, forming the waistband section 13, is folded lengthwise in half, as best illustrated in FIGURE 4, and

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the longitudinal edges 17 thereof are turned inwardly between the folds. The folded material is secured by stitching 18 extending from end-to-end thereof and engaging through the folds 17. The ends of the folded piece 16 are turned inwardly, to provide end folds 19, as best illustrated in FIGURE 3. Y

lEach of the ties 14 and 15 is formed from an elon- 'gated piece or strip of material 20 the longitudinal edges of which are double folded'on the same side, as seen at 21 in FIGURE 5. Each strip 20 is stitched longitudi nally as seen at 22 through its folds 21, and an outer end of each piece or strip 20 is folded inwardly, overthe folds 21, as seen in FIGURE 6, to provide an end fold 23 which is secured by transverse stitching 24. The other inner ends of the ties 14 and 15 are not provided with end folds and said inner ends are inserted into the open ends of the intermediate section 13 between the end folds 19 thereof, and the ties 14 and 15 are secured to the ends of the section 13 by several rows of transverse stitching 25 which engages through the folds 19, as best seen in FIGURE 3. The foldedv longitudinal edges 22 of both tics 14 and 15 are disposed on theback side of the waist encircling band 12. y

The front side 26 of the strip 16, forming the intermediate waistband section 13, is provided -with a plurality of snap fastener halves 27 which are preferably disposed approximately midway between the top and bottom edges of the waistband section 13 and which are equally spaced from one another lengthwise of said front v side 26, as seen in FIGURES 2 and 3.

The apron body 11 includes a piece of material, designated generally 28, of two-plies including an outer ply 29 of a heavy, tough and flexible plastic material and an inner ply 30 of flannel or similar fabric which is suitably adhered to the rear face of the ply 29. A strip 31 of a tough fabric or cloth is folded lengthwise and engages over the upper longitudinal edge of the piece 28. The longitudinal edges of the folded strip 31 are folded inwardly and back upon themselves, as seen at 32 in FIG- URE 4, and the ends of the strip 31 are folded inwardly upon themselves, as seen at 33` in FIGURE 3. The bind--` ing 31 is secured by stitching 34 to the body member 28. The stitches 34 pass through the folds 32 and 33 and are preferably made longer than the other stitching to avoid tearing the piece 2S. vThe binding 31 extends from end-t0 end of the upper edge of the piece 28 and the inner or rear side 35 thereof has snap fastener halves 36 secured thereto, substantially midway ofthe top and bottom edges of the binding 31, and spaced apart longitudinally to correspond with the spacing of the snap fastener halves 27 which form mating halves of the snap fastener parts 36.

If the apron 10 is to be used by a left-handed sawyer, the snap fastener halves 36 are attached to the snap fastener hales 27 to locate the apron body 11 adjacent the end of the intermediate band section 13, as illustratcd in FIGURES l, 2, 7 and 8. The waistband .12 is secured around the waist 37 of the user by securing the ends of the ties 14 and 15 at the back of the user in a knot or bow, as seen at 38 in FIGURE 8. The apron body member 11 is preferably about sixteen inches wide, between its top and bottom edges and about eighteen inches long, between its vertical edges, so that when applied to the waistband portion 13, as seen in FIGURES l and 2, with the waistband 12 attached around the waist 37, the apron body 11 will extend somewhat across the front seam 39 of the wearers trousers 40 at one end, while the other end will extend around the left hip 41, as seen in FIGURE 8. FIGURES 7 and 8 show the apron 10 as it is applied to be worn by a left-handed sawyer who places his left hip 41 against the log. t Accordingly, the plastic outer side 29 of the apron body 11 will contact the log to protect the wearers garment 40 from excessive wear as well as from moisture, stains or dirt.

The annel back ply 30 will tend to adhere tothe garment 40 to hold the apron body 11 in its position of FIGURES 7 and 8 and the piece 28 is suciently exible so that it will conform to the contour of the body parts engaged thereby. The bottom and end edges of the piece 28 are not hemmed so that said piece will maintain its maximum flexibility, since `the material 28 does not tend to ravel. It will also be readily apparent that the apron body 11 will not interfere with movement of the legs of the wearer while walking.

For a right-handed Sawyer, the apron body 11 is attached by the snap fastener halves 27 and 36 to the other end portion of the waistband section 13 to engage around the right hip and across the front of the body, past the front center seam 39. It will also be apparent that the apron body 11 may be replaced without replacing the waistband 12.

Various modifications and changes are contemplated and may be resorted to, without departing from the function or scope of the invention as hereinafter defined by the appended claims.

I claim as my invention;

l. An apron comprising a waistband, an apron body,

and means detachably connecting said apron body to the waistband, said means comprising snap fastener halves attached to the waistband and mating snap fastener halves attached to the apron body, each of said snap fastener halves being arranged in a row lengthwise of the apron and waistband with the snap fastener halves of each row spaced equal distances apart, and the row of snap fastener halves attached to said waistband being longer than the row of snap fastener halves attached to the apron body for mounting said apron body in longitudinally spaced adjusted positions on said waistband.

2. An apron as in claim l, said apron body being of a length horizontally to extend forwardly from around References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 850,960 OConnor Apr. 23, 1907 905,216 OConnor Dec. l, 1908 25 2,244,656 Asch June 10, 1941 2,648,845 Berman Aug. 18, 1953 

